I expected something rotten. The trivia lists this as among the fifty worst movies of all time. Some reviewers called it a stinker here, too, but these people must live very sheltered lives. I have seen far worse.

The truth is that "Daughter of the Jungle" is an average jungle movie of the period with a few amusing moments. It finishes, leaving you pleasantly entertained. It appears to be a loose Tarzan rip-off - even down to the similar jungle cry. While this was unconvincing, it was immediately apparent where it came from.

Lois Hall was delightful as our female Tarzan and is having a great time with this. When someone enjoys themselves, it comes across on screen and helps. One problem with her character is that the writers seemingly could not decide whether to make her a strong Tarzan type or a fragile, helpless female. Both sides are presented in different scenes and make her character a bit confused. She always looks fantastic, but given the genre, a slightly shorter jungle outfit might have helped a little more at the box office.

Anyway, without giving any more away, if you like this sort of silliness (and I, for one, do), you wouldn't be wasting your time on this one. Those who say it's one of the fifty worst films have clearly led sheltered lives. It is average but not the worst and remains entertaining overall.

I saw this movie on Blu-Ray as part of the "Tales of Adventure Collection Part Two". Print quality was excellent.

I don't know why this movie made the list of the 100 worst movies of all time. It's an average or slightly above average B movie. You don't have to do much in a jungle girl film. You need a pretty actress to play the lead who is also reasonably athletic , and Lois Hall fits the bill nicely. Her costume is a brief but modest mini dress, an exact copy of the one worn by Frances Gifford in the entertaining serial " Jungle Girl", and she fills it very well. This allows Republic to use the excellent stunt work from the earlier serial to good effect. They will do the same in the 1954 serial "Panther Girl of the Kongo" with Phyllis Coates. The plot moves reasonably well with Ms.Hall taking turns rescuing and being rescued by the stalwart hero, a truly modern relationship. Frank Lackteen, from the original cast of" Jungle Girl", does his usual competent job of playing the menacing Witch Doctor,and Sheldon Leonard is fun to watch as the racketeer with the New York wise guy accent who shares the villainous duties with Lackteen. The film ends somewhat abruptly with the requisite happy ending. They may simply have run out of money. All in all, if you enjoy the sub genre of cheapo distaff Tarzan movies not a bad job, and if you don't why are you reading this review?

A airplane carrying two policemen escorting a pair of criminals awaiting trial, crash lands over a remote region of the African jungle. Upon landing, the planes passengers are confronted by hostile natives whom seriously wound one of the policemen. In the nick of time comes along Ticoora, a white women whom the hostile native fear, and she drives them off. Years ago, Ticoora was flying over Africa with her Father when the plane she was on also crash landed in the jungle. Ticoora, her father and the pilot live nearby at a friendly native village. We soon learn Ticoora is an heiress, but nobody has found away out of the jungle so she can go back and spend her loot. The pilot has gone stir crazy and will give anything to get out of the jungle. So one of the gangsters plots with him to get out of the jungle and get back to civilization and steal the fortune Ticoora has waiting for her back in the states.

DAUGHTER OF THE JUNGLE is a ludicrous but lively low budget jungle adventure. Ticoora is something like a female Tarzan; she swings from vines and even gives a Tarzan like yell. However, unlike Tarzan, her yell doesn't seem able to summon up herds of elephants to the rescue when she is in trouble. Like Tarzan, Ticoora is actually pretty tough, she wrestles a crocodile and takes care of a savage gorilla that attacks her village. Although this film is set in Africa, most of the natives are played by caucasians or actors of some other ethnic type (like Al Kikume). Frank Lackteen, who often played American Indian chiefs in westerns, plays the evil witch doctor of the hostile tribe. Apparently, when Frank was handed his script, he wasn't told he was supposed to be playing an African witch doctor. The "voodoo" ritual he performs looks more like an American Indian war dance from a western. Its a hoot to watch and one of the films highlights.

Most of the cast consists of unknowns, and the performances are only at best adequate. Then again, in a film of this nature, I suppose adequate is the best one can hope for. However, Sheldon Leonard plays one of the gangsters. Sheldon Leonard never gave a bad performance when he was playing a mobster, and his performance here is no exception.

DAUGHTER OF THE JUNGLE is one of those films that is actually very entertaining when viewed in the right frame of mind. If your looking for a ludicrous but lively low budget Jungle movie, DAUGHTER OF THE JUNGLE is recommended.